But then again, morale can only be boosted and not vented!

Since Yang Sen stood up and took the initiative to ask Shou Xidang, if he did not agree, it would greatly damage the morale of Yang Sen and all the officers and soldiers of the 27th Army.

The reason is very simple. Do you, Zhong Yi, don’t trust Yang Sen, or the 27th Army?

Going further, this matter may even damage the morale of the entire Sichuan Army.

If this is the case, there is no need to fight the battle in Myanmar, and you will basically lose.

Staring at Yang Sen, Zhong Yi was deeply entangled. At this time, he probably could feel the mood of Principal Chang during the Nanjing Defense War.

During the Battle of Nanjing, Lao Tang took the initiative to stay and guard Nanjing.

At that time, President Chang was probably the same in his heart, and he was quite struggling.

The final result also proved that President Chang made a wrong choice.

So this time, will he, Zhong Yi, repeat the mistakes of President Chang?

If possible, he really wanted to take a unit to guard the tin.

But it is obvious that it is impossible to do this. He is now the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar War Zone, with the survival of 500,000 officers and soldiers of the entire war zone tied on his shoulders!

From Zhong Yi's eyes, Yang Sen saw the hesitation in his heart.

In an instant, Yang Sen felt a sense of shame and anger. The person surnamed Zhong did not trust him and believed that his 27th Army could not defend Xidang!

But soon, Yang Sen suppressed the shame and anger in his heart again.

Taking a breath, Yang Sen said again: "Sir Zhong, I won't say anything extra. I will just say one thing. This time, I, Yang Sen, and more than 8,000 officers and soldiers of the 27th Army, will definitely live and die with Xi! Before we receive the order to retreat, even if we fight to the last squad, we will never take a step back!"

Yang Sen had already said this, and Zhong Yi knew that he could no longer hesitate.

Zhong Yi said immediately: "Commander-in-Chief Yang, do you know why I didn't agree immediately just now?"

"I know, because Chief Zhong is worried." Yang Sen said without hesitation, "Because our 27th Army fought very badly in the Battle of Anqing before, the result of the Battle of Anqing cannot be rewritten. However, in the Battle of Xidang, I, Yang Sen, dare to put my words here and will never repeat the mistakes of the Battle of Anqing again!"

"Okay!" Zhong Yi did not deny it, and said in a deep voice, "If your 27th Army can defend Xidang this time, I, Zhong Yi, will definitely apologize to you in front of all the soldiers of the army. In addition, I will also publish articles in all newspapers to correct your name for Yang Sen and all the soldiers of the 27th Army! I want to tell the people of the whole country that the 27th Army and even all the Sichuan Army soldiers are good!"

"Sir Zhong, take care of yourself!"

Yang Sen saluted Zhong Yi with a military salute and then left.

Watching Yang Sen's figure go away, Zhong Yi withdrew his gaze and said to Wang Geng: "Brother Shouqing, continue."

"Yes." Wang Geng agreed and said, "If you want to defend the Xidang River, in addition to having an elite unit to hold on to the key of Xidang City, you also need an army to stay on the east coast and restrain the Japanese army from the flanks."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pan Wenhua stepped forward and said, "Sir Zhong, let's hand over this task to our 27th Army."

"Okay, this task will be handed over to your 27th Army." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "Commander-in-Chief Pan, please do not blindly defend the defense on the east bank of Xidang River. If the Japanese army's offensive is fierce, they can retreat appropriately. At worst, they can wait until night to regain their positions. In short, they must preserve their vitality!"

"I understand!" Pan Wenhua said solemnly, "When you take flexible defense!"

"That's right, elastic defense!" Zhong Yi nodded and continued, "In addition, I would like to remind you that this is in Myanmar, not in China. Not only do you have a language barrier with the local Burmese people, but the Burmese people may not understand and help us. Maybe they will also help the Japanese attack us in turn. You must be mentally prepared."

"Ah?" Everyone in the war room was stunned when he heard Zhong Yi's words.

Stilwell also said incrediblely: "Zhong, we are here to protect Myanmar. The Burmese people will only thank us, so how could they help the Japanese to beat us in turn?"

Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "The Japanese also said they came to liberate Myanmar."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi said again: "And we are an alliance with the British. If you are Burmese, do you believe in us who are allied with the British, or do you believe in the Japanese?"

"This..." Stilwell was speechless when he heard this.

The British have been acting as a hero in Myanmar for many years, and their impressions in the hearts of Burmese people are extremely bad.

Now, the Kuomintang army is an allied army of the British, so the Burmese people will only regard the Kuomintang army as an accomplice of the British army, but will regard the Japanese army fighting the British army as liberators.

In fact, in another time and space, the reason why the Japanese army's offensive on the Southeast Asian battlefield was so fierce was certainly related to the low combat effectiveness of the colonial army of the great powers, but it was inseparable from the support and cooperation of the local indigenous people. For example, the Myanmar National Independence Army led by Aung San and Wu Nu participated in the attack on the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

After the Chinese Expeditionary Force was defeated, many prisoners of war left in Myanmar were brutally killed, and a considerable number were killed by the Myanmar National Independence Army led by Aung San.

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "Anyway, be vigilant against the local Burmese people, don't trust them, but don't provoke them. If they don't provoke, don't fight back! But if they provoke, don't be ruthless and give me a firm and powerful fight back, and hit them until they hurt, they are afraid!"

Pan Wenhua, Wang Lingji and Deng Xihou looked at each other.

I really didn't expect that the people in Myanmar were so complicated.

At this time, Wang Geng said again: "Now let's talk about the defense deployment on the west bank of the Xidang River. The defense on the west bank of the river is based on the 30th Army of Commander-in-Chief Wang Lingji as the first line of defense, and Deng Xihou's 22nd Army as the second line of defense. The second line of defense is based on the Bogu River and takes into account the coastal defense on the west bank of Madaban Bay."

"You should pay attention to it and do a good job of air defense, because at least two months in the first two months, it is absolutely impossible to get support from the Air Force!"

"My suggestion is to create smoke and dust as much as possible to block the Japanese bombers' view."

"Myanmar is full of large areas of tropical rainforest, and even the plains are covered with green crops. There is no shortage of vegetation used to produce smoke and dust. At least it will be fine to burn for a few months."

Pan Wenhua, Deng Xihou and Wang Lingji quickly took out their notebooks and wrote them down carefully.

Zhong Yi finally said: "Commander-in-Chief Pan, Commander-in-Chief Wang and Commander-in-Chief Deng. I won't say much extra words. Here I just want to say the last sentence, please everyone!"
Chapter completed!